June Kreations with Kris Newsletter

Hi Scrappers!

Happy June and the beginning of summer! The kids are out of school soon and we have a whole big list of activities planned. It starts off with Vacation Bible School, then some day camps - horseback riding and tennis and another fun camp. I have some other activities planned this summer - the Natural History museum, the Tar pits, the William S. Hart museum, the beach, the San Fernando Valley fair (which is ironically is here in Santa Clarita), trips to the zoo - both Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and the Ventura County fair. I will of course have my camera with me - taking more pictures to scrapbook! Whatever you do this summer - I hope you enjoy it and take plenty of pictures to scrapbook!




Kris' Krops
Sorry but there will be no Kris' Krops this June. This month is a busy month for me and I just don't have an open Friday. I have come to realize that June is just as busy as the Christmas holiday season for me. Between the kids and school finishing up, my wedding anniversary, my husband's work (this is the time of employee switching - meaning going away and welcoming parties) and some vacation time - just not a moment to spare! But I will return with my crops in July!

Scrapbooking Calendar
Fun In the Sun All Day Crop
June 7th in Stevenson Ranch, CA
Cost $30
Save the date(s) - it is another fun crop planned by Ginger! Come and join the fun as we grab our flip flops, grab our memories and hit the Annual Fun in the Sun Crop! So grab your supplies, your friends, and of course your memories! Contact Ginger at gingbugg@cs.com to sign up!
Disney Magic Workshop
June 14th at Scrappin' in the Hills, Anaheim, CA
Cost - $40
Do you feel the magic and the excitement? Ginger is teaching another one of her fun classes! She just loves Disney and she has designed more pages to show it! Contact her at gingbugg@cs.com to sign up!
Scrapbooking for a Cure
June 21st
Santa Maria, CA
This is a fundraising crop for the American Cancer Society. This crop includes lunch and snacks as well as a chance to prizes. Contact Cindy at fotomemories4u@comcast.net for more information.
Welcome Little Ones Workshop
Saturday, July 12th
Scrappin' In the Hills Scrapbook Store
Anaheim Hills, CA
Oh boy, oh boy, or girl! Ginger is teaching a class for all those baby pages! All pages in this workshop will focus on your new little bundles of joy! Or maybe that little bundle is now 18! Either way you will love the workshop, and you have the option of which type of pages to do…boy or girl! The decision is all up to you! Contact her at gingbugg@cs.com to sign up!
Good Old Summer Time Fun Workshop
Saturday, August 16th
Scrappin' In the Hills Scrapbook Store
Anaheim Hills, CA
This is another Ginger class. Backyard BBQ's, vacations, or just relaxing by the pool! These are all things that remind Ginger of summer! All pages will be summer themed in this workshop! Great layouts, great memories, what more could one ask for? Contact her at gingbugg@cs.com to sign up!



Monthly Special - Make and Take Kits!
I am not having any of my own crops this month but I am working at Ginger's Fun in the Sun all day crop on June 7th. I will be having a few specials so if you are coming - take advantage of my specials!
Special #1 - All Make and Take kits will be half priced - so they will be $2 for a single layout. Make and take kits are leftovers from the make and takes that I have at my kris' Krops. these are simple layouts. They are quick and easy kits that will let you get some great pages done fast!
Special #2 - Brad Buddies - Buy 2 get a third for FREE! These are great embellishments to quickly add to your pages. There are some great themes - check them out!
Here is a sample of one of Make and Take kits:

Photo Backup
Just how many pictures do you have stored on your computer? If you are like me - you have a ton! Have you ever thought what would happen if your computer crashed and lost all your treasured pictures? Oh that just terrifies me! Everyone should have their pictures backed up somehow.

One is to buy an external hardrive. This is the option that I use but there are some other options.

The next option, that should appeal to everyone, is a free one! This is to backup your photos to one of the photo websites out there. A few of these are:
Shutterfly
Photobucket
Kodakgallery - this one isn't exactly free - you have to place a single order every 12 months
Just go to one of these websites and upload your photos onto the website for safe keeping.

There is another option but these have fees associated with them. But they are specifically for backing up your files (including your photos). Some of these include:
Carbonite - this link will send you to a free 30 day trial
Xdrive
Attonlinevault
So please back up your photos now!

Budget Scrapbooking
Why should you scrapbook in economically stressful times?
1. Staying in and scrapbooking is less expensive than going to the movies
2. Scrapbooking is cheaper than a therapist
3. Scrapbooking is a safe and easy hobby for the entire family to participate in
4. No one can be accused of cheating or not following the rules/instructions. ie. no bad boardgame disasters
5. It's more fun to scrap than to do laundry
6. No matter how much you do spend - it is on something that will be appreciated for generations and that is priceless!
7. Adhesive is less expensive than Movie Popcorn, lasts longer, and doesn't add pounds to your hips and thighs!!!!
I hope that gave you some giggles! But seriously folks - scrapbooking is a fairly cheap hobby and I hope you don't give it up in these economically trying times. Make it a family affair one night or invite some friends over and do a potluck and get some pages done while enjoying some good company! You can also try to use what is in your stash instead of buying.
If you do feel the urge to add something new to stash - make it something that will be useful. Below is a layout where I used a sheet of Scrapstrips by Scenic Route.

















This layout was made with 2 pieces of cardstock for the background and 1 piece of the Scrapstrips (only 75 cents) and then 2 more pieces of cardstock for mats. I did use some birthday brads from my stash but you could even just stamp some images onto some cardstock. I also used some stickers from my stash for the title. So there - a quick and easy layout with little cost! There are 2 themes of Scrapstrips in stock - smile/happy go lucky/silly kid and friends - 2 themes that will work well for a lot of photos!

Conclusion
Thanks for reading my newsletter! Be sure to visit my website and bookmark it. I will add little tidbits of info this month - so come by and read. Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by! The first 10 people to do so will get a 40% off coupon for 1 item! Enjoy your June and Happy Scrapping!

Earthquake Safety!

I was sent this e-mail by a neighbor and for those of us that live in earthquake country - I thought this was a great message. So read this and remember!

Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway?? Well, this guy has a completely reverse opinion. This is very interesting, different from what we were all taught. Boy! Is this ever an eye opener. Directly opposite of what we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being told to, 'duck and cover' or stand in a doorway during an earthquake. This guy's findings is absolutely amazing. I hope we all remember his survival method if we are ever in an earthquake!!!
Please read this and pass the info along to your family members; itcould save their lives someday!
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in anearthquake. I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters. The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones.
They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survivalinstinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper officesand other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared! 'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly' In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe , and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV

I will be writing my newsletter later this week but read this for now and remember -
triangle of life!